(EP. 0) Here's why this LAWN CARE GUY started a TRASH BUSINESS

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Why start a trash business? Here are my reasons. My wife and I started a trash pickup company when Waste Management left our county. These videos will serve as an in-depth playlist that covers the growth and operations of the business.
The items we use for the business:
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Wireless Magnetic Strobe Lights: amzn.to/3zlJULH
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Yard Signs: lddy.no/1k1nj
Baker County Trash Pickup is a new weekly residential trash pickup service for areas of Baker County, Florida.
Copper Creek Cuts is a lawn care and landscaping business in Florida with a goal to entertain and educate.
Contact me: coppercreekcuts@gmail.com
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@CopperCreekCuts 11 дней назад

My wife and I started a trash pickup company when Waste Management left our county. These videos will serve as an in-depth playlist that covers the growth and operations of the business. The items we use for the business: 95 Gallon Can Liners: amzn.to/45HeOdt Back Brace: amzn.to/3znkYmU Wireless Magnetic Strobe Lights: amzn.to/3zlJULH Hi-Vis Arm Sleeves: amzn.to/3zhGRUu Hi-Vis Balaclava: amzn.to/4cHf4LA Yard Signs: lddy.no/1k1nj

@toddbehrends1373 Месяц назад

Sounds like you have thought this process out the right way. Good luck and please keep all of us posted on your progress.

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

Much appreciated Sir!

@DavidKott Месяц назад

@@CopperCreekCutswait till you get to the big leagues with the rear loaders,ASL’s etc… gets better you will get more customers

@rayrayslawnlandscape2008 Месяц назад

A entrepreneur is an entrepreneur, See a need/opportunity and seize the moment.. Love it man!

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

Thank you!

@LEU_WM_266 24 дня назад

Yeah not surprised WM stopped servicing that county. A lot of WM yards nowadays have full Compressed Natural Gas truck fleets, which those trucks are quite underpowered meaning they struggle on steep grades and often stall out if revved to hard. WM also has been trying to pull out of residential operations all over the country, because to them commercial stops are more profitable. Wishing your business much luck and success!

@CopperCreekCuts 22 дня назад

Didn't know that, good info, thanks!

@jarridcockey3810 Месяц назад

Brad what you could also provide is bulk trash pickup as opposed to residential side of things.

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

The Ventrac would pair nicely with that!

@inspiredscreens Месяц назад

Brad, I think you're on to a great idea and business opportunity. Over 50 years ago, our neighbor had a similar idea for a city in Lakewood, California. He mortgaged his home to buy a very used dump truck. This guy worked all the time along with his band of employees. In the evening hours you could find him and his only mechanic working on that truck until morning. That statup rapidly grew and after a year he bought another two trucks. His territory grew and grew. He became one of the richest men in the area. Praying for your success and that you find joy and goodness in your growth and in your employees. They truly will be the backbone of your new business!

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

That is an awesome story! I hope for just a part of that success. Thank you for the kind comment!

@Jesuslovesyou709 Месяц назад

Congratulations on the trash business Brad! This is a major step up from lawncare but, all that 💸 gonna be coming in 😂🙌🏼

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

I hope that is the case, we will see! :D

@brucesimpson8579 Месяц назад

Another advantage to starting up the business is that it would be year-round as opposed to seasonal with lawn cutting. Plus your wife will build up strong arm muscles as the official trash container dumper. ;)

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

LOL I like the way you think!

@bobbierthornton4498 Месяц назад

Good luck Brad! What you are doing is how people move forward in life! Take chances and do something different. I look forward in watching more of your videos!

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

Very kind comment, thank you!

@EtwasMartin Месяц назад

I love following your new business and seeing it start from the ground up. I always liked your down to earth and realistic approach to your business. You'll do great!

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

I appreciate it Sir! Good to see your name and hope you have been well!

@ryanroberts7771 Месяц назад

The profession gets looked down on, but I've never met a poor trash company owner. I would make sure there's a clear policy on what can and can't be put in the trash. Country folks like to put all sorts of stuff in there. I get friendly reminders on not putting metal or concrete in mine. We have dumpsters that cost 65/month

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

Very good points, thank you!

@AHomelessDorito Месяц назад

Excited for your new journey and business! Thanks for sharing!!

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

Very appreciative of the comment!

@patallen5095 26 дней назад

Brad, I always enjoy the thoughtfulness and detail of your commentary. It's been a pleasure to watch your lawn care business grow into the storm water side projects and now the garbage/trash business. Looking forward to watching the business grow!!! 👍

@CopperCreekCuts 22 дня назад

Thank you so much!

@brandonwilkerson8508 Месяц назад

Good luck on the new business! Have really enjoyed watching your lawn care videos over the years.

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

Thank you kindly!

@Alexiosftw Месяц назад

I've been watching your videos for several years now and seeing how well your lawn care business is managed and has grown, I think this venture will also work out well! All we need now are "7 hours of trash collecting in 3 minutes" videos!

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

LOL excellent video idea!

@user-hz3wh9ei5d Месяц назад

Thanks for sharing small business tips. You have business diversity that gives you year round work.

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

Thank you for watching!

@stevem4072 Месяц назад

I am extremely excited to follow you on this journey. It may be difficult, but video ideas to show the difficulty/barriers to starting and running a brand new business. You seem so confident that it may be intimidating to those who are fresh to the environment. May be a good series, I would definitely watch!

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

The confidence will last right up until I smack my face into my first issue, which I am sure will be very quickly! :D

@robertshrewsbury5067 Месяц назад

Nice you have figured a way to help your area.

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

Thank you!

@louroberts5567 Месяц назад

Good morning, Brad. This sounds pretty well thought out. I wish you lots of luck and great prosperity in your new venture! Go get that💵💵💰💰!!

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

Much appreciated!

@rickb3288 Месяц назад

Good luck to you on this new adventure.

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

Thank you!

@rustyharvey4557 Месяц назад

Good Luck! Hope it all works out.

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

Thank you, me too!

@AnomadAlaska Месяц назад

Good luck with your new business. I think it will do great.

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

Thank you kindly!

@moneymakingmikeg.9555 24 дня назад

Lets freakin gooooooo Bud!! No doubt in my mind you'll turn this into a successful & profitabke business. Hoping all is well Bud, Dirty Jersey out!!

@CopperCreekCuts 22 дня назад

I hope so, but we will see!

@jermainedorsey7282 Месяц назад

Well congratulations wishing you the very best

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

Thank you so much!

@TRYtoHELPyou Месяц назад

Nice! I'm from southern California, and we had to pay as well when I was thwre. Waste management was one, some other dudes would stop by other houses in the neighborhood. Pretty high density area however an unincorporated town, not a city. Here in MD, our property taxes cover weekly pickup and unlimited visits to the dump. I don't know how they do that but it's nice when I gotta chuck away big stuff. Edit: good luck! You aren't going to need it. Gratz on following your dreams and stuff :)

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

Thank you for the kind words!

@angelellis7690 17 дней назад

Good choice. Wise words. I’ve been watching you for years. Love it man. Keep it up . God bless and congratulations. Sounds like you’ve done your research and found a gold mine. Get after it 💪❤️💯🙏🤝 I own a lawn care & landscaping business and thought about starting a junk removal business. Low cost to get it. I already have the trailer and possible man power of my self and one employee and it’s quick money. Minimum job could start 200-300 ful ltrailer most complained do about 4-600 plus. I use to be a supervisor as a moving company before full time lawn care and there they had junk removal so easy money. You can just throw stuff in the trailer and save things that u could resell. Who did your sweet logos ?

@CopperCreekCuts 16 дней назад

Thanks for watching and the kind words! DartDesigns on fiverr, they did my copper creek logos as well.

@HyperMario64 Месяц назад

Very insightful, it always seems wise to me to diversify one's business. If anything goes wrong on some market you can always fall back to the other ones. Good luck with it!

@CopperCreekCuts 29 дней назад

Very true, thank you so much for watching!

@the2060ish Месяц назад

As I watch your video the theme music for Sanford and son goes through my mind .

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

LOL I better be careful I don't start bringing any of the trash home!

@Mogsy28uk Месяц назад

good luck Brad.

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

Thank you!

@SplitFireSalesInc Месяц назад

Very cool Brad. Looks like a good idea, I hope it pans out!

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

I contemplated if I could cannibalize my poor 2265 for the hydraulic lift system to help lift cans! :D

@SplitFireSalesInc Месяц назад

@@CopperCreekCuts haha i wouldn't recommend that. You might miss that feature when you split firewood again. If you need some assistance with parts/design feel free to reach out. Or even just to compare pricing for hydraulic components.

@CopperCreekCuts 29 дней назад

@@SplitFireSalesInc I would never hurt my baby 2265 like that! :D I still have to make my 'meat hand' for the 'what could go wrong' shorts!

@SplitFireSalesInc 29 дней назад

@@CopperCreekCuts Haha thats good. Lol that might catch the viewers attention😂

@saliston Месяц назад

Trash is a great business to be in. My father did that for years and it was very steady and a reliable income.

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

I love the fact that it is 52 weeks a year!

@Scott924m Месяц назад

Interesting Situation, I lived in more populated Orlando years ago I didn't realize that kind of situation existed there 👍

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

Lots of different ways for trash pickup to work!

@jonesey1981 Месяц назад

Sounds like a smart plan to me. Find a gap and fill it!

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

Thank you!

@bradlemmond Месяц назад

We had a similar situation when I lived in Spartanburg County, SC. The cities had municipal trash pickup in the city limits, but not outside city limits. I was surprised because I was surprised because Spartanburg County has a relatively high population density and the county where I grew up in north Alabama had trash pickup since at least the early 80's and mandatory pickup (they billed your power bill automatically) since the mid-90's. I liked the little tash and recycling drop off centers they had (most of them could recycle batteries, motor oil, and they had one at the landfill that could accept just about any solid waste), and would like to have them here but wouldn't give up my trash pickup for it.

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

When I was real little I remember these vividly colored drop offs for certain recycling that were made to look like creatures with friendly eyes and big mouths. You just triggered that memory! :D They have been gone a long time now.

@Zraupp10 Месяц назад

waste management got in trouble in Michigan,

@CopperCreekCuts 29 дней назад

Didn't know that!

@carolinegreenwell9086 Месяц назад

well done

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

Thank you so much!

@timraber6575 Месяц назад

I started out with a small trash pickup service when our county stopped putting out dumpsters. Small companies did a great job for reasonable price. After several years, a large company (Republic) bought them out. Their prices tripled with in several years. I fired them for another small company. Good luck on your next business!!!!!

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

Maybe Waste Management comes back in a few years to undercut us all? :D

@timraber6575 Месяц назад

@@CopperCreekCuts I don’t see them undercutting you……

@thfield2417 Месяц назад

Inspired by your entrepreneurial spirit!

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

Thank you!

@stellarproductions8888 14 дней назад

I'm sorry to hear things are this bad in rural areas of your county, that is awful. I will say, it would be better if all the roads were paved in your area, I did see your video where you were losing tracking and barely got through that sandy dirt road. I'm really grateful that you are filling a need in your area, I consider it very honorable what you are doing. And if I lived in your area, I know that I would personally appreciate what you are doing. Trash pickup service is heavily important, its part of sanitation for a civilized society, to maintain health standards, and standards of living.

@CopperCreekCuts 14 дней назад

I really appreciate the kind words, thank you!

@binflynn1 Месяц назад

Good luck to you

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

Thank you!

@tonyparris5278 Месяц назад

Congratulations on your new adventure. I don't know what conditions your landfills are in, but having to go out in any conditions type of weather. I do believe you will have to trade your new truck for a 4 wheel drive so you're not having to ask for assistance as much on those nasty days, weeks, and so on.

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

I may be wrong as I've only been to the landfill once, but I think the MSW (municipal solid waste) that I would be dumping is in a big concrete crib. I am not, however, taking any clients on dirt roads.

@drewthornton4684 Месяц назад

Hi Brad hope to see another video on the Bobcat

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

The white stand on mower? That baby is long gone! It was a great mower! If you mean the Ventrac clone, Bobcat doesn't work with me anymore, they used me for the mower swap from green to white and then they kind of skedaddled on me.

@drewthornton4684 Месяц назад

Sorry I mean the skid steer I call it a bobcat in Australia

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

@@drewthornton4684 OHHHH, gotcha! It is still around. Trying to get an update video together!

@firstname6208 Месяц назад

How are you lifting the dumpsters over and into the trailer? I would install a rail down the side of the trailer, make a parallel arm lift rig that can lift and tilt the dumpsters over the top yet still roll down the rail as the trailer fills. Could run it with a gas powered hydra pump instead of that battery hydra pump. When you get to landfill switch some valves to tilt the trailer.

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

Another great question! I am running the first day of the route tomorrow and will film that for next weekends video. Will discuss that topic!

@samphire Месяц назад

Good luck :)

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

Thank you!

@farmcentralohio День назад

Same thing has gone on around here, you're going to want a real trash truck so you can compact the loads. Good luck

@CopperCreekCuts 19 часов назад

That's the goal, just don't have the business to justify it yet.

@jasontaylor9871 Месяц назад

I pay WM $39.99 every month for 1 96 gallon bin. They do a weekly pickup.

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

They ran around $34.69 in our county for the same.

@wyattburgess6062 Месяц назад

I work for WM right now, and have been really thinking about starting my own trash business since I have a little bit of knowledge of what it takes. Definitely look forward to these new videos and see how you go about doing it. Where/what company did you order the cans from? Where do your customers go and sign up? How will the billing for services take place? Is all this done with the app Jobber?

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

Excellent questions! I am running the first day of the route tomorrow and will film that for next weekends video. Will discuss all those topics except cans, which will be its own video when they come in (probably a video two weeks from now)

@charleswise5570 Месяц назад

Brad, I think you are making a very good decision! That said. What are some of the regulations you have to abide by from either County, State, or Federal regulations?

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

I am really lucking out. Nothing in the county except an $11 business license. No landfill in this county, so to use the next county's over is just driving up to the gates, nothing special needed.

@JsCrazyCutzLLC Месяц назад

I think this is a good idea 🤓☝️

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

Thank you! :D

@davidheia8244 23 дня назад

We are in a rural area and the local trash company does not service our place five miles off the highway on a dirt road. I get it.

@CopperCreekCuts 22 дня назад

#Dirtlife :D

@GarrettWorcester Месяц назад

I realize that it's probably not economically feasible at this juncture, but as much as I dislike wearing almost anything orange, I could/would rock a T-shirt with the BCTP logo on it-just saying.

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

Noted for the future! :D

@zaineridling Месяц назад

Hey, that's why you're a step ahead of the rest of us. As long as you keep the VenTrac, you can start a chicken hotel for all I care. But deep down, you'll always be a VenTrac man!

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

The Ventrac will come in handy if we expand to junk removal.

@greego5952 Месяц назад

Business. You want to provide a service that is in demand. If no one is filling in that demand, and you have the means to supply that demand, go for it. Also, it's boring doing the exact same stuff for the rest of our lives.

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

Well said on all counts!

@RonFoley-no7wl Месяц назад

Or use the dump trailer to haul other stuff besides trash also

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

Good point!

@joshuahill6153 Месяц назад

In New Zealand, companies have historically sold up and cried because they can't have monopolies in areas.

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

LOL maybe there was some truth to what I heard then!

@saliston Месяц назад

WM plays games like that we have it all or nothing

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

I didn't know that, lends some credence to what I heard!

@Tcw2019 Месяц назад

What do you do full time? Besides RU-vid, lawn care, and a dumpster business haha. Good luck

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

LOL that about sums it up. Lots of part time activities!

@cassidywest5539 Месяц назад

"Copper Creek Dumps" :P

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

LOL!

@thekevorlando Месяц назад

Hey brother I'm not about gloom and doom but I would like to caution you to be careful when Waste Management first came into Orlando 15 or 18 years ago on more than one occasion their trucks were torched I know the joke is always been that the garbage business was ran by the mob and I don't know what the case is but at that point Waste Management had less than a full 1% of the trash pickup in Orange County and they were still losing a couple trucks a week to arson apparently it's a preventive maintenance type of crime when I say they were small they were still working out of a single wide construction trailer office wise just felt like I should say something I do wish you the best of luck I know how hard it is to be a small business owner

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

I am half Italian (both grandmothers were full) so hopefully I get a pass in that instance! :D

@jamesevans938 22 дня назад

You don’t want to be a garbage man you want to be the owner of a garbage company

@CopperCreekCuts 22 дня назад

Nah, just want the money :D

@2003jsciarrino Месяц назад

My in laws live in Lafayette County you don't service that area I'm assuming

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

You assume correct! :D

@2003jsciarrino Месяц назад

@CopperCreekCuts I figured just thought I would ask they live on a dirt road in the middle of nowhere and he has to go to the dump to take their trash

@rayrayslawnlandscape2008 Месяц назад

The trash game is a billion dollar industry

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

Very big business to be sure!

@jasontaylor9871 Месяц назад

Just watch your back with WM Watch out for Cadillac's and old men in gym suits cruising past you while you work And I most defently wouldn't be going on any boat rides they offer.

@CopperCreekCuts Месяц назад

LOLOL Very good advice, thank you!